Topic: Another Life [Sci-Fi, Drama]

Another Life centers on astronaut Niko Breckinridge who is focused on searching for alien intelligence. She leads a crew on a mission to explore the genesis of an alien artifact. As Niko and her young crew investigate, they face unimaginable danger on what might very well be a one-way mission.

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Also what the hell is with that never ending LGBTQ force feeding in basically every American show nowadays, it's really necessary to have an Armenian descendant character wearing a lipstick - wtf?

I guess the movie (and TV show) industry went from never showing LGBTQ people to overrepresenting LGBTQ characters (and other minorities) a bit.

Several times I wondered when watching Blindspot: does the real FBI employ as many women wearing a headscarf? Muslims make up 1.1 percent of the total U.S. population, but easily 10% of the show's female FBI workforce in some episodes.

g371 wrote:

Well earned 4.1 on IMDB.

Already 4.2 I understand that some people don't like the show, but 26,9% voting 1/10? That's absurd!

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lighton wrote:

Muslims make up 1.1 percent of the total U.S. population, but easily 10% of the show's female FBI workforce in some episodes.

And 0.1% from that 1.1% wear a head scarfs. Same with LGBTQ, they are around 3-5%. There literally are more blind and deaf people than that. A total brainwashing. It's like an ultra liberal product placement.

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Ok, that was a wild guess Anyway, stop discriminating deaf people and add them in TV shows together with at least 1: gay/lesbian/trans, black person, asian person, latino person, muslim person, strong woman. Diversity is strength, enough with white cis male oppression who have a perfect hearing

Meh. There has been a severe lack of diversity in movies and TV shows for a long time, and it very much was for oppressive reasons. Now that most of us are trying to leave those times behind some are just overcompensating a bit, that's all.That too will fade eventually, and we will be better off for having both of these "extremes" behind us to be embarassed of.

As for the actual show... literally fell asleep during E01, though mostly due to watching it late.They crammed quite a few (often barely related) events into the first episode, did they not?

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some_one wrote:

Now that most of us are trying to leave those times behind some are just overcompensating a bit, that's all.That too will fade eventually, and we will be better off for having both of these "extremes" behind us to be embarassed of.

+1

some_one wrote:

They crammed quite a few (often barely related) events into the first episode, did they not?

Yes, they did. I wasn't a huge fan of that, but it all made more sense in following episodes.

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I'm on Episode 3. While I can understand the criticisms, I still find it to be an entertaining enough and decent enough show to watch.The point made about the crew selection not reflecting the gravity of the universal predicament, is well taken. You would think they would send the most qualified and renowned experts on the planet, and it appears that is not the case.

+ show spoiler

One guy is even questioning his training and why he is there (but there may be reasons for that)

At times it has a little "B-movie Budget" feel to it, but if you like the genre enough there is ample quality to maintain interest. I suspect I will finish the entire season with little to no complaints.

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Lots of potential but Another Life is another example that the current explosion of new scripted shows is dependent on a talent pool of writers, directors and showrunners is increasingly unable to support all the promising projects available. I thought the first episode was somewhat painful to watch. Does it get any better in later eps?

On a more positive note I saw the first episode of Pennyworth and it was much better than Another Life. It caught the vibe of Gotham with a British twist and did so quite well. The usual mix of the bizarre and humorous plus those dark Gotham settings. All that fog and mist makes more sense in London.